Part four: The Sound of a Broken Heart

Pairing: Royai

Rated: M just in case

When Roy finally came to his senses, he noticed that they had been moved to an empty apartment and their feet and hands were tied up. Hughes and Havoc were beside him, already awake, but Riza was nowhere to be seen. There were only three men in the room, so Roy deduced the other two must be with Riza. Two of the men stood behind them and forced them to kneel. The other stood in front of them and pointed a gun at them.

"Where's Riza?" Roy muttered.

The man in front of Roy called a name toward another room and Riza's screaming voice was heard. Angry, Roy tried to break free to tackle the man in front of him, but he hit Roy with the butt of his gun, making him fall on the side. He was a bit dizzy and his forehead was bleeding. He tried to get up again, but the man kicked him hard in the guts, making Roy yelp in pain. This time, he stayed on the ground.

"I think you understand that you're not welcomed here" said the man who hit Roy.

"And that we won't let you leave that easily" added the man standing behind Hughes.

"So we're going to get every bit of information we can out of you, then we'll kill you. Simple as that" finished the third man.

The man in front of Roy then leaned down and grabbed Roy to make him kneel again, but Roy took the opportunity to lock the man's arm between his and brought him to the ground. The second man shifting his gun from Havoc to Roy and shot him in the leg. Hughes called out his name and shoved the man who had shot Roy to go help his friend. But the man who was shoved got angry and pointed his gun right to Hughes head. Roy witnessed the next scene like it was in slow motion. He didn't have time to move that Hughes was shot right in the head. He dropped hard on the floor, the shot killing him instantly.

"HUGHES!" Roy screamed.

Roy and Havoc were immobilized by two of the men, as the one who shot Hughes walked to the room where Riza was held. Roy was in complete shock. The situation felt so unreal, he couldn't believe that just like that, Hughes was gone. He didn't even realize that the wound on his leg was bleeding nor did he feel the pain.

"Boss. BOSS" Havoc called, making Roy snap out of his stupefied state.

He motioned to the men that were facing the other way. Roy noticed that they had their gun in the back of their belt, making it easily accessible. Roy nodded at Havoc and they slowly kneeled behind the men. Roy made a sign with his head and they both grabbed the guns and kicked them in the legs to make them fall. Once they were down, Havoc menaced one of the men with the gun, but Roy shot the other in the chest without mercy.

"Fuck boss! We're gonna be in trouble if you kill them!" Havoc stated.

"They already killed Hughes, I'm not going to give them the chance to kill any more of us" Roy refuted.

They quickly untied their feet, then their hands. Havoc cursed to himself, but unlike Roy, he only shot the men in both knees to immobilize him. His screams alerted the men in the other room.

"What the hell is going on here?" one of them asked.

Before they could realize that Roy and Havoc were freed, they were shot too. Now that they were all down, Roy ran in the other room, to see Riza tied up and gagged. He kneeled in front of her and took off her gag. Worriedness was visible in his eyes, and fright in hers.

"Are you hurt?" he asked softly.

She shook her head.

"I heard gunshots, what happened?" she inquired.

He remained silent, but Riza noticed he was hurt, physically as well as emotionally. Riza got up and began walking towards the door, but was stopped by Roy taking her hand. She turned to him and he looked at her with begging eyes.

"Just…don't go in the other room" he whispered.

She complied, but looked through the open door. She could see two men lying down, one of them being Hughes. She yelped, noticing the pool of blood that had formed around his head. She saw Havoc taking his pulse for form's sake and noting the time on his watch. She looked away and put her hand on Roy's shoulder. His face was pale; he had lost a lot of blood. She tore her dress at the bottom and used it to do a tourniquet for his thigh. His eyes were closed and he looked like he was in pain. Havoc then joined them in the room.

"I called an ambulance with their phone. Just hang on til then" he encouraged.

The three of them remained silent until the ambulance came, not knowing what to say and barely believing that Hughes was really dead.

Roy's injury wasn't too severe, so he was discharged quickly from the hospital. Riza had gone to visit him a few times, but couldn't get him to talk much. She knew he was in shock because of his friend's death and wanted to apologize as best as she could. She even went to take him from the hospital after his discharge. He was as silent as usual, but his face didn't show any emotions. He was either good at hiding them or she didn't know him long enough to notice.

She came into his room while he was packing the few things a friend had brought him. He turned around when he heard her and smiled weakly. His wound seemed to be healing well, but he still walked with a crutch to support him.

"I came to take you home" she informed him.

"You don't have to. I was going to walk" he answered, looking away from her.

She walked up to him and put her hand on his shoulder.

"Roy, please, at least let me do that for you" she pleaded.

He looked in her eyes and could see how guilty she felt. He felt a pinch in his heart and thus accepted her offer. They didn't talk in the car ride, but Riza took his hand and squeazed it for a moment, to try to make him understand how sorry she was. She followed him in his apartment and watched as he took a glass and poured scotch in it. He looked at her in hesitation, then proposed her a drink. She opened her mouth to refuse at first, but decided to go along. They sat on his couch with their drink in hand, the bottle of alcohol not far away.

After a while, Riza took unto herself to say something.

"Roy, I'm…I'm so sorry. Because of me, your friend…"she started, but couldn't finish.

"Riza, please don't. It's not your fault."

"But…"

She stopped, because she knew that she couldn't say anything to make him feel better. She just put her hand on his and rested her hand on his shoulder. They kept drinking until they were too drunk to care about the time or how much they had already drank. Riza thought it would be a bad idea to keep on drinking, so she took the bottle of scotch and put it away. Then she stood in front of Roy and put her hand gently on his shoulder. Her looked up at her then rested his head on her stomach. He reached around her waist with his arms and brought her close to him. She let him and circled his head with her arms. They stayed still for a while then Roy shifted his hands to her waist, then to his thigh. He looked at her intensely, making her blush. Her took one of her hand and intertwined his fingers with hers. He pulled her gently so she could lean over him and ran his other hand through her hair and rested his hand on the nap of her neck. She was like hypnotize. She couldn't take her eyes off his face. His eyes were sad, but also full of desire. And hers were probably too, because he smirked and took her lips with his. The kiss was slow and deep, making Riza's legs go weak. Through the kiss Roy stood up and was now dominating Riza with his height. He held her as tight as he could and she completely gave into his grasp.

Next thing she knew is that they were lying naked in Roy's bed, their clothes shattered all around his apartment. They both didn't really think about what they were doing; they were too drunk to do so. Roy was sad and angry about his best friend's death and was seeking comfort in Riza's arms and Riza couldn't resist Roy, her skin burning under every touch and every kiss. He was making love to her slowly, passionately, making her moan and melt under him.

But as the heat was almost at its peak, Roy stopped and Riza felt something wet fell on her cheek. She looked at his face and noticed he was crying. His shoulders were shaking and he was sobbing silently. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled his head on her chest. She held him all the time he was crying until he finally fell asleep. She fell asleep too and they hold tightly through the night, both trying to melt away their anguish in each other's arms.